The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09

miSntler ny me lreuLy OI despair. Cu
would strike with a consciousness Of
right. Yes, you wouid strike for all
that II freeman holds dear, and the dis
tant echo of that mighty stroke would
ring The death kucll of that great
curse of the age,
MONOPOLY.
Monopoly, what is monopoly? No
nopoly is defined to be the "exciusive
possession of Il thing and the sole right
at selling" This is tame. Ia these
later days it can be more properly de
fined, ] think, AS in fact, hydra
headed monster pouring wealth into
the sp- of few ut the expense Of
many.
Ard yet ia the face oi cruel Wrougs
which monopoly daily heaps upon our
order, individually and collectively
though the provocatioh is so mighty,
we are positively enjnined from strik-
ing until every other rtr!rs is eX-
haust"d; for serious, iHi"tl, ';..i~; he
the circumstances when our geneiai
executive board sanctions a strike; and
without their sanction it would be He
gal. And please bear this in mind
| that the order of X. of l.. are not res
ponsib!e for any strike which has 40:
met with the approval of its executive
| board, after careful examination OF
all facts bearing upon the case.
| But the philosophical teachings of
the greatest and nobest order the
world has over known have aupthcr
and an entirely different tendency. We
| have two other mi.iitier Weapons
weapons which in time Will become ii
| Z ~, , ~,
strike or the boycott, and the use Of
which viii be attended with no i'll
will nor the shedding Of :. drop of pre-
clou5 blood. These weapons are o.
udlai9atio's 0qd Co Op2,cyution. To Or
ganize and educate the millions of toll
ers and thus rescue them from the
grasp Of the selfish is indeed ;, wu, X
worthy the nOblest and best of our
race 1t is by this means, auG only
this, that perfect freedom Will in tao
end he attained. The sword may strike
the shackics from the limb of the slave,
bat it is education and organization
alone that makes him Il free man.
Deity has given us this means to
lawfully better our condition, and we
mean to use them. Has il not occurred
to you that Of all of Gods creatures
man is the only one thrown absolutely
upon his own resources: For the beast
of the field and the birds Of the mir sus
teDance is provided they have but to
partake thereof. Is it not absurd then
to suppose that when Omnipotenca
called into existence the greatest OF his
creatures he did so without q thought
Of his material future, that for the
means of life he should renouncc his
comfort, his freedom or his happiness:
God certainly does not sanction tho
shameful eviction Of a Pennsylvania,
miner any more than he does that of
an unfortunate Irish tenant No! no
| for In the b0unteOn3 goodness of God
you may read that the right to life
| carries with it the !:lnans OF living
that to every toiier there belongs /,
share for use of the soil. the fountain OF
all wealth aud | tell goa they arc
going to have it.
| For centuries aIr:icmiStS sought a
"phiiusupnef's s!nne' that they might
rcvc' in wealth, hut we have found il
aud i; Is
| LA EDR,
Labor is :he philosophers stouc
| Everything it touches turns to Wuait n.
| tfS wealth. q! tft Wbt!t Dciu:tSS 10
the toi,inG millions who make il. 1--WE
are neither Suciniis.s nor anarchist
aud thpy are going To iave thcir share
of il. But now, how are they going
to get il: Strike for il? No! Fight
for il? No! no G,;. forbid. Bui
quietly, peacefully, wi,!lout IL ripple tC
disturb the social or political harmony
of our loved country they viii upset its
present wage system and Surplunl IL
by another and better one, based upon
that grantlest of modern ideas,
COOPERATION.
Aud by his We mean the merger OF
individual interests and capital for til,
common good. II ~ safe To predict
that by the close Of the present year
our order will contain nearly 1900, 900
Now suppose we wish Ia establish :,
cooperative foundry or machine
shop or an immense p:ac!icry? Why,
al! we would have 10 do would be 10
authorize the general executive board
to levy an assessment Of 80 cents upon
each member, and how many dollars
would there be? ] 900 900 Just think
of it, 81 900 900, and it would only cost
us 30 cents each Nov. should cir
cumstanccs require ii, we may be
called on for 81 per capita, and III less
than 30 days the order would have n;
its disposa! 200O, 900. Now every
mCmhpr Of e." order can if necessary,
! keep this uv iUr twelve months and
what would he the stupPndous result d?
S2f coo 900 Now such Il fund il seems